I have a large number of wood blanks that have a wax coating. Should I remove the wax coating when I rough out the blank or should I remove the coating before I turn it?
Thanks
Rick
Thanks
Rick
Thanks. The shavings will be used in the walkway between raised beds in the community garden.The few I have gotten I just turn turn them without removing the wax.
You might want to treat the wax loaded shaving differently. Probably not good to use in raku pottery or for hamster bedding.
Have you had any problems with the floor being slippery after you have turned wax coated blanks?I just turn the bowl blank with the wax on it. Never considered trying go Remove the wax.
I defintely had a problem with a very slippery floor from the wax coated shavings. I will use Brian's suggestion of vacuuming immediately... before I walk on the shavings. It took some scrubbing to get the wax off the floor,This is important
Turning blanks which have wax on can create a slippery surface which could result in a fall /trip
To prevent this happening I vacuum the lathe area as soon as I have removed the wax I then apply a product similar to
Bar Keepers Friend Powdered Cleanser
This is to remove any remaining slipperiness
I then recheck the floor before continuing to turn
Thank you for the info. I think I will try scraping them and putting down a small tarp on the floor to contain the initial shavings and putting them into a container before moving on.I defintely had a problem with a very slippery floor from the wax coated shavings. I will use Brian's suggestion of vacuuming immediately... before I walk on the shavings. It took some scrubbing to get the wax off the floor,
Have you had any problems with the wax gumming up the blades?Consider taking the waxed blank outside and removing the wax with a hand powered planer.
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Not with the hand held ones, and what’s even better is no rollers to gum up.Have you had any problems with the wax gumming up the blades?